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Re: <xsd:sequence>: whats the advantage?

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• Subject: Re: <xsd:sequence>: whats the advantage?
• From: "Bryce K. Nielsen" <bryce@s...>
• Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 08:41:29 -0600
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> > Is there any advantage of using <xsd:sequence> in schema
> > except ordering
> > of elements?
>
> This is a bit like asking whether there is any advantage in using
for-loops
> in Java, except to do iteration.
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/
>

I think he was trying to compare sequence vs. the other two constructs, the
pros/cons of the different constructs. To answer his question, that is the
point of xsd:sequence nodes, the enforcement of ordering. It's also the
typical default construct used for elements, since xsd:choice nodes or for,
well, choosing between one node of the group and xsd:all nodes have other
restrictions that most people have a hard time working around.

Bryce K. Nielsen
SysOnyx, Inc. (www.sysonyx.com)
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http://www.sysonyx.com/xml-editor

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